Caesar, duc de Choiseul

Caesar, duc de Choiseul (1602-23 December 1675) was a Marshal of France.

Biography
Choiseul came from an old aristocratic family, and he entered the French Army at the age of fourteen as the proprietary colonel of an infantry regiment. He shared in almost all the exploits of the French arms during the reign of King Louis XIII of France, fighting at La Rochelle, the Island of Re, and in Italy during the 1620s. In 1630, he became ambassador to Victor Amadeus I of Savoy, and he distinguished himself in various battles and sieges in Italy during the Franco-Spanish War. In 1640, he became Governor of Turin, and he became a Marshal of France in 1645 after further sercvice in Italy. He later served as the French second-in-command in Catalonia and conquered Roses from Spain. From 1648 to 1649, he sided with Louis, Grand Conde during the Fronde, and he remained loyal to Queen Anne of Austria and the court party during the second Fronde of 1650-1653. In 1650, he achieved his greatest triumph when he defeated Turenne and his allied Spanish army at Retbel. In 1652, he became Minister of State, and he became Duc de Choiseul in November 1665. He was one of the negotiators behind the 1670 Treaty of Dover, and he died in 1675.